Garment-button.



'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMEN '1f-BUTTON.

Specication of'Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1913.

Application led April 29, 19123 Serial No. 693,995.

To all al1/omit may concern.'

Be it known that I, WADE H. SAUNDERS, a citizenof the United States.residing at oanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Garment-Button; and I do'hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as Will enable others skilled-in the art to Which it appertains .tomake and use thel same.

is invention'relates to a new and useful button adapted for use inconnection with wearing apparel, and particularly to new and usefulmeans for attachingthe button to a garment. v l v A It is the principalobject of the invention to provide a device 4of this nature, vin whichdesirable and practical features of construction exist.

The main features of construction is the provision of an annular recess01h/groove formed in the wall of a. perforation in lthe center of thebutton, to receivethe diverging ends of a cotter oifstaple pin, which isadapted to be inserted through an opening of the button and arrangedtransversely thereof.

The invention comprises further 'features and :onibina'tion of parts, ashereinafter se! forth. shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Fig-ure l is a vieu' showing the application of theimproved button and connecting means. Fig. 2 is a seftional vien' online 2&2 of Fig. l. Fig. Il is a sectional vien' on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.Fig. l is a bottom plan view of the button.

Referring io the drawings 1 designates a .section ot' fabric or aportion of a wearing apparel. while 2 denotes the improved button. whichmay be constructed in any desired shape, or provided with any desiredconfiguration, just so long' as the saine is constructed With .a centralopening 3, in the wall of which an annular perforation or l l i l fabricor garment,

vnular recess or groove 4 is formed. is formed in the. button, at rightangles to the perforation or opening 3. which is adapted to receive aCotter or staple pin T, winch when received penetrates a fold 8 in thein order to secure the'button to the fabric. The two armst) of the pindiverge outwardly, in order to prevent the pin from pulling from thefold of the fabric, while the extremities l() of the diverging arms arereceived in the annular 5 recess or groove 4, therehy'resisting thestrain andpull exerted upon the pin by thefold of the fabric, whencausing the button to enter the button-hole (not shown).

From the foregoing it will be observed there has been devised anessential and improved bntton and attaching means therefor, and onewhich has been found desirable and practicable.

The invention having been .set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulisz In combination, a garment button comL prisinfg'r an annular bodyhaving a .central unobsiructed perforation or opening extending entirelytherethrough adapted to receive a fold or loop in a piece of fabric, thewall ol the opening or perforation having an angroove. the body having asecond opening at right angles to the first opening and comniunicatingwith said opening and fn-oove. an attaching nieane, adapted to enter thesecond opening and penetrate the fold 1 or loop of the fabric and enterthat portion of the groove oppositethe secondopeningf for .-;ec||ringthe button tothe'garnient..

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WADE HAMPTON lVi messes:

Illzou S. lmcn, ll. J. lVA'rsoN.

SAUNDERS.

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